EP0131805A1 - Anordnung zur Zuführung eines Pulvers zu Flammspritzpistolen - Google Patents

Anordnung zur Zuführung eines Pulvers zu Flammspritzpistolen Download PDF

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EP0131805A1
EP0131805A1 EP84107424A EP84107424A EP0131805A1 EP 0131805 A1 EP0131805 A1 EP 0131805A1 EP 84107424 A EP84107424 A EP 84107424A EP 84107424 A EP84107424 A EP 84107424A EP 0131805 A1 EP0131805 A1 EP 0131805A1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B05—SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05B—SPRAYING APPARATUS; ATOMISING APPARATUS; NOZZLES
    • B05B7/00—Spraying apparatus for discharge of liquids or other fluent materials from two or more sources, e.g. of liquid and air, of powder and gas
    • B05B7/14—Spraying apparatus for discharge of liquids or other fluent materials from two or more sources, e.g. of liquid and air, of powder and gas designed for spraying particulate materials
    • B05B7/1404—Arrangements for supplying particulate material
    • B05B7/144—Arrangements for supplying particulate material the means for supplying particulate material comprising moving mechanical means
    • B05B7/1445—Arrangements for supplying particulate material the means for supplying particulate material comprising moving mechanical means involving vibrations
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65G—TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS
    • B65G53/00—Conveying materials in bulk through troughs, pipes or tubes by floating the materials or by flow of gas, liquid or foam
    • B65G53/34—Details
    • B65G53/52—Adaptations of pipes or tubes
    • B65G53/521—Adaptations of pipes or tubes means for preventing the accumulation or for removal of deposits

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  • Flame spraying involves the heat-softening or melting of a heat-fusible material, such as metal or ceramic, and the propelling or spraying of the softened material against the surface to be coated. Flame spraying is effected utilizing a flame spray gun. In certain types of guns the heat-fusible material is initially fed through the gun in powdered form. Guns which are so supplied with material to be sprayed in powdered form are known as "powder-type flame spray guns.” The powdered material is generally known as a flame spray powder and is usually of a relatively small particle size, as, for example, below about 140 mesh U.S. Standard screen size.
  • the flame spray guns utilize a combustion or plasma flame and in many guns the powder is fed to the gun or into the gun's flame entrained in a carrier gas. In order to obtain high quality coatings it is necessary to accurately control the rate of powder fed through the gun and to maintain a constant rate for given spray conditions. Powder, and particularly the fine powder of the type used as flame spray powder, has proven to be a difficult material to handle and feed in a carrier gas at the desired uniform rate.
  • Powder feeders such as described in U.S. Patent Nos. 3,138,298; 3,501,097 and 3,976,332 utilize metering devices for conveying powder from a hopper into a powder feed hose at a uniform feed rate.
  • the metering systems of different designs and modes of operation utilize gravity, mechanical and gas conveyances and combinations thereof.
  • the metering device or hopper has attached thereto a vibrator to maintain the powder in loose free-flowing form.
  • the feed hose between the powder feed device and the flame spray gun is a flexible conduit typically of durable, fiber-reinforced plastic material to allow movement and manipulation of the flame spray gun with respect to the workpiece being coated. The manipulation of the gun may be by hand or by an automatic robot-type machine.
  • the feed hose generally sags in the middle, providing a low region in which powder particles that drop out of the carrier gas can accumulate.
  • the powder clogs the hose causing blockage.
  • a clump of powder may issue from the gun.
  • pulsing during spraying may be due to a cyclical phenomenon of powder settling out of and being re-entrained in the carrier gas in the feed hose.
  • a similar effect is noted when the flame spray gun is moved, apparently causing a relocation of the low region of the feed hose and thereby a change in the settling of the powder.
  • a flexible conduit for carrying powder from a powder feeder to a flame spray gun.
  • the conduit has a close-fitting metallic sheath such as a wire coil wrapped around it.
  • the sheath extends from a terminus at the connection of the hose at the powder feeder to a point at a distance that is a substantial portion of the total length of the hose toward the flame spray gun connection.
  • a vibrator is attached to the powder feeder and the vibrations therefrom are transmitted to and along the sheath causing the conduit surrounded thereby to vibrate. By vibrating the conduit, the powder therein cannot settle or pack together to form a clump.
  • a powder reservoir 10 of a conventional type contains a supply of flame spraying powder (not shown).
  • a conduit 11 connects between the reservoir 10 and a powder metering device 12.
  • the powder conduit 11 may be merely an orifice in a connecting structure between the reservoir and metering device or may in fact be a length of hose or the like through which powder is gravity fed.
  • the metering device 12 has a vibrator 13 rigidly attached thereto.
  • Powder carrier gas from a carrier gas source 14 flows through a gas conduit 15 to the metering device 12 where powder is entrained in the carrier gas at a controlled rate in a conventional manner.
  • the entrained powder is fed through a flexible conduit 16 to a flame spray gun 17.
  • the flexible conduit 16 is formed conventionally of durable, fiber-reinforced plastic material and has conventional inner and outer diameter dimensions, for example, 4.8 mm and 7.9 mm, respectively.
  • Fig. 2 shows the flexible conduit 16 according to the present invention in greater detail.
  • the conduit 16 is attached to the metering device 12 by means of a conventional hose connector 18, preferably made of metal such as brass or steel.
  • the hose connector 18 has a tubular member 22 which is tightly fitted to one end of the conduit 16.
  • a female threaded portion 21 cooperates with the tubular member 22 to thread onto a male threaded coupler 19 which is mounted on the metering device thereby providing a coupling between the metering device 12 and the conduit 16.
  • conduit 16 At the opposite end of the conduit 16 is a similar coupling member 23 which is used to couple the conduit 16 to a flame spray gun (not shown).
  • a close-fitting wire coil 20 encircles the conduit 16.
  • One end of coil 20 is coupled to the tubular member 22 by any suitable means which allows vibrations of the tubular member 22 to be coupled to the coiled wire 20.
  • Suitable coupling means include, but are not limited to, soldering, bolting or preferably crimping the wire.
  • the wire coil 20 extends along the conduit 16 a substantial distance D toward the other end of the conduit where the flame spray gun (not shown) can be connected thereto.
  • the distance D is at least to, and preferably past, the lowest point of the conduit 16 while the system is in use for flame spraying. This means that the distance D is at least half the length of conduit 16, and preferably about three fourths of the length.
  • the coil should be close fitting so as to assure intimate contact between the wire and the flexible conduit 16.
  • Each loop of the coil may touch the next in a tightly formed coil, but it is not necessary for the loops to touch each other.
  • the vibrator 13 is turned on prior to turning on the flame spray gun 17.
  • the vibrations from the vibrator 13 are transmitted through the metering device 12, the threaded coupler 18, the tubular member 22 to the coil 20.
  • the vibrations are then transmitted down the length of the coil 20 thereby causing the conduit 16 to vibrate.
  • the vibration of the conduit 16 prevents the powder therein from clumping together even when there is no gas flow therethrough. Accordingly, powder delivery is made more uniform when the spray gun 17 is turned on.
  • the sheath may be of the type of armored cable commonly used for flexible electrical conduit.
  • the attachment point of the coil or other sheath may be as described or may be by a simple screw connection of an extension of the wire to another part of the powder metering device or even directly to the vibrator.
  • the material of the sheath is denoted herein as "metallic", although the same need not be a metal, since the material should have metal-like elastic properties necessary for transmitting vibrations.
  • a hard plastic such as acetal has such elastic properties.
  • An alternative embodiment might be to couple the vibrator directly to the lowest point of the flexible conduit carrying the powder and carrier gas.
  • the wire coil or other type of sheath may be covered with non-metallic flexible tube of plastic or the like which may serve to protect the sheath from damage, or conversely to protect proximate apparatus or material from any abrasive or other damaging effects that might result from contacting the sheath.
  • the outer tube is loose fitting over the sheath to minimize absorption and consequent reduction of the vibrations on the sheath.

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EP84107424A 1983-07-14 1984-06-27 Anordnung zur Zuführung eines Pulvers zu Flammspritzpistolen Expired EP0131805B1 (de)

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US06/513,595 US4540120A (en) 1983-07-14 1983-07-14 Powder feed system for flame spray guns

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FR2586592A1 (fr) * 1985-09-04 1987-03-06 Sames Sa Procede de projection d'un produit pulverulent et projecteur de produit pulverulent mettant en oeuvre un tel procede.
EP2415698A1 (de) 2010-08-05 2012-02-08 Sulzer Metco AG Zuführeinrichtung sowie Verfahren zur Zuführung eines pulverförmigen Materials von einem Vorratsbehälter zu einer Pulver verarbeitenden Einrichtung

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DE1281769B (de) * 1966-12-30 1968-10-31 Messer Griesheim Gmbh Verfahren und Vorrichtung zur Zufuehrung eines Pulvers in den Plasmastrahl beim Plasmaspritzen
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DE1278945B (de) * 1966-02-10 1968-09-26 Carrier Mfg Company Anordnung, bestehend aus Vorratsbehaelter und Vibrationstrichter
US3501097A (en) * 1966-12-29 1970-03-17 Metco Inc Powder feed device for flame spray guns
DE1281769B (de) * 1966-12-30 1968-10-31 Messer Griesheim Gmbh Verfahren und Vorrichtung zur Zufuehrung eines Pulvers in den Plasmastrahl beim Plasmaspritzen
US3976332A (en) * 1969-05-26 1976-08-24 Metco, Inc. Powder feed device for flame spray guns
US3976332B1 (de) * 1969-05-26 1986-04-22
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DE2946569A1 (de) * 1979-11-19 1981-05-21 MTU Motoren- und Turbinen-Union München GmbH, 8000 München Vorrichtung zum thermischen verspritzen von metall- und keramikpulvern

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FR2586592A1 (fr) * 1985-09-04 1987-03-06 Sames Sa Procede de projection d'un produit pulverulent et projecteur de produit pulverulent mettant en oeuvre un tel procede.
EP0216674A1 (de) * 1985-09-04 1987-04-01 Sames S.A. Spritzgerät zum Spritzen eines pulverförmigen Stoffes
US4795094A (en) * 1985-09-04 1989-01-03 Sames S.A. Apparatus for spraying a powder coating with enclosure surrounding a vibrating hose
EP2415698A1 (de) 2010-08-05 2012-02-08 Sulzer Metco AG Zuführeinrichtung sowie Verfahren zur Zuführung eines pulverförmigen Materials von einem Vorratsbehälter zu einer Pulver verarbeitenden Einrichtung

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